Section 6
the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he who is in the field, likewise, let him not turn back to the things behind." This verse reveals that linger ing in the earthly and material things will cause us to miss the overcomers' rapture described in verses 34 through 36.
In verse 32 the Lord says, "Remember Lot's wife." Lot's wife became a pillar of salt because she took a lingering, backward look at Sodom. That look indicated that she loved and treasured the evil world which God was about to judge and utterly destroy. She was rescued from Sodom, but she did not reach the safe place that Lot reached (Gen. 19:15-30). She did not perish; neither was she fully saved. Like the salt which becomes tasteless (Luke 14:34-35), she was left in a place of suffering shame. This is a solemn warning to world-loving believers.
NOT PRESERVING OUR SOUL LIFE
After reminding us of Lot's wife, the Lord Jesus goes on to say, "Whoever seeks to preserve his soul life shall lose it, and whoever shall lose it, shall preserve it alive" (Luke 17:33). To pre serve the soul life is to allow the soul to have its enjoyment and not to suffer. To lose the soul